From ballets and ballads to Rotten evening with the bad boy of punk

Published date08 September 2021
Publication titleLoughborough Echo
It kicked off this weekend with Leicestershire's very own Showaddywaddy performing their hits, such as Under The Moon of Love and Pretty Little Angel Eyes, on Saturday.

The live music continues with award-winning jazz vocalist Clare Teal and Her Sextet on Saturday, October 2, Alistair McGowan's The Piano Show - a mix of comedy and classical music - on Thursday, October 14, the longest-running musical theatre tour, Beyond the Barricade, on Friday, October 15, as well as The Story of Guitar Heroes, a musical transportation through time, on Thursday, October 21.

Comedy lovers will be able to enjoy Russell Kane on September 9 and 10, the legendary Jasper Carrott on September 14 and 15, Andy Parsons' Healing the Nation tour on Wednesday, September 22, and Rich Hall's Hoedown Deluxe on Friday, October 22.

There's also Simon Amstell's Spirit Hole on Wednesday, October 27, Henning Wehn on Saturday, October 30 and Omid Djalili's The Good Time's Tour on Tuesday, November 9.

There is plenty for tribute fans, with Freddie Mercury and Queen tribute band Mercury, on Sunday, September 12, The Luther Vandross Celebration on Friday, September 17, Hello Again, The Story of Neil Diamond on Sunday, September 26, The Elvis Years, The Story of the King on Friday, October 29 and You Win Again, Celebrating the Music of the

Bee Gees, on Thursday, November 4. Always a favourite in the Loughborough Town Hall calendar, Autumn's An Evening With… programme returns with a star-studded selection of performers including best-selling author Joanna Trollope on Tuesday, September 21, an illustrated examination of our fascination with murder with historian Lucy Worsley on Wednesday, September 29, ex-Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten, AKA John Lydon, on Friday, November 5, and Thunder's...

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